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The 1983 Chosonminhang Il-62 crash occurred on 1 July 1983 when an Ilyushin Il-62M being operated by the flag carrier airline of North Korea, Chosonminhang, crashed into mountainous terrain in the West African country of Guinea. All 23 people aboard were killed. The aircraft was flying from Pyongyang with construction cargo and numerous workers ahead of the 1984 Organization of African Unity summit due to take place the following year. It remains the deadliest aviation crash in Guinean history, and was the tenth operational loss of an Il-62 since its introduction.[1]
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 July 1983 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Near Labé, Guinea |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-62M |
| Operator | Chosonminhang |
| Registration | P-889 |
| Flight origin | Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, Pyongyang, North Korea |
| 1st stopover | Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Last stopover | Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt |
| Destination | Conakry International Airport, Conakry, Guinea |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft and flight
P-889 was a Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62M manufactured by the Kazan Aviation Plant in early 1981. It was sold to North Korea's national airline, Chosonminhang (now called Air Koryo), the same year. With the exception of an aborted takeoff in 1982 due to an inadvertently opened cargo hatch, the aircraft had no incident history.[2]
On 1 July 1983, P-889 was carrying construction material, as well as several construction workers and technicians, from Pyongyang, North Korea to complete work on a hall ahead of the twentieth Organization of African Unity summit scheduled to take place in Conakry, Guinea, in May 1984.[3][4] P-889 made two intermediate stops on the way to Guinea, stopping in Kabul and Cairo to refuel.
Accident and aftermath
On 1 July 1983, P-889 crashed in the Guinean highland region of Fouta Djallon, near the town of Labé, 160 miles northwest of Conakry International Airport. All 23 aboard were killed. It was the airline's first fatal accident. News of the crash was slow to spread due to difficulties in reaching the remote crash site.[5] Although the cause of the crash was never publicly released, pilot error compounded by fatigue is suspected.[6]
A high-level delegation of Guinean government officials traveled to North Korea shortly after the crash to deliver official condolences to Kim Il Sung.[7]
See also
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 980
- Aeroflot Flight 498
- Aeroflot Flight 5463
- Thai Airways International Flight 311
References
- Ranter, Harro (1983-07-01). "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 62M P-889 Labé". Aviation Safety Network >. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- "Ильюшин Ил-62М Бортовой №: 889". russianplanes.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- 1984 Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1984. ISBN 9780852294178.
- Mohamed Saliou Camara (2005). His Master's Voice: Mass Communication and Single-party Politics in Guinea Under Sékou Touré. Africa World Press. pp. 121–. ISBN 978-1-59221-306-1.
- UPI (1983-07-06). "AROUND THE WORLD; 23 Killed in Guinea Crash Of a North Korean Plane". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- Kennedy, Charles (2016-06-16). "Air Koryo North Korea's Connection to the World". Airways Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
- "Memories of an African Student Forced to Study in North Korea During the 1980s". 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
На других языках
- [en] 1983 Chosonminhang Ilyushin Il-62 crash
[fr] Accident d'un Iliouchine Il-62 de Chosonminhang en 1983
L'accident aérien de l'Iliouchine Il-62 de Chosonminhang (Air Koryo) (1983) s'est produit le 1er juillet 1983 lorsqu'un Iliouchine Il-62M exploité par la compagnie aérienne nord-coréenne Chosonminhang (Air Koryo) s'est écrasé en terrain montagneux en Guinée en Afrique de l'Ouest alors qu'il transportait 23 personnes. L'avion venait de Pyongyang avec du fret de construction et de nombreux travailleurs, en prévision du sommet de l'Organisation de l'unité africaine de 1984 qui devait avoir lieu l'année suivante.[it] Incidente dell'Ilyushin Il-62 di Chosonminhang del 1983
L'incidente dell'Il-62 di Chosonminhang nel 1983 si verificò il 1º luglio 1983, quando un Ilyushin Il-62M affiliato alla compagnia di bandiera aerea della Corea del Nord Air Koryo, all'epoca nota come Chosonminhang, si schiantò sul terreno montagnoso in Guinea, nell'Africa occidentale. Tutte le 23 persone a bordo persero la vita. L'aereo stava volando da Pyongyang con materiali da costruzione e numerosi lavoratori in vista del vertice dell'Organizzazione dell'Unità Africana del 1984, tenutasi l'anno successivo. Rimane il peggior incidente aereo nella storia della Guinea e la decima perdita operativa di un Il-62 dalla sua introduzione.[1][ru] Катастрофа Ил-62 под Лабе
Катастрофа Ил-62 под Лабе — авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая в пятницу 1 июля 1983 года на горном массиве Фута-Джаллон в районе Лабе с Ил-62М северокорейской компании Chosonminhang. Крупнейшая авиационная катастрофа в Гвинее.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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